Purple Orange
On Moderation
Even with full introduction it looked (from RTT) as if there was one 185 diagram retained on Manchester Airport to Newcastle so the answer is 16 - 10 diagrams on Liverpool to Edinburgh and 6 on Manchester Airport to Newcastle. 2 start at Craigentinny, 7 at Heaton, 4 at Edge Hill, 2 at Doncaster Carr and 1 at York.
It will clearly be a few months before they run all of this.
The following two diagrams have to be 185s and swap at Manchester Airport
Thanks very much. Very useful to know about the 185 diagram too. I know it shouldn't really make a difference, but once the new trains are in service I would prefer to avoid using the 185s between Manchester and Leeds/York and Newcastle where I can. Similarly with travelling to Scotland, I have preferred Virgin over TPE simply due to space. Simply put, a commuter style train on a relatively long distance is not as comfortable, and if I am not alone in my preferences, TPE should probably see a lot of people move move to using them more frequently.